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Miscellaneous
100
A risky stock purchase
What is speculation?
100
This group experienced an early depression
Who are the farmers?
100
Theory that money invested in banks will go to businesses, then to hiring more workers
What is Trickle-down economics?
100
Hoover's first action (?) to help the US recover
What is "do nothing"?
100
This General led the charge against the Bonus Army, which angered many Americans
Who is Douglas MacArthur
200
This person was president when the stock market crashed.
Who is Herbert Hoover?
200
The depression spread here when the US reduced loans and investments in Europe
Where is overseas?
200
The periodic growth and contraction of the economy
What is a business cycle?
200
This was Hoover's second attempt at solving the depression
What is "volunteerism?"
200

The depression spread here when the US reduced loans and investments in Europe

Where is overseas?
300
The date October 29, 1929
What is Black Tuesday?
300
Agricultural workers who don't own their own land
What are tenant farmers?
300
The corporation created by Hoover to give loans to banks
What is the Reconstruction Finance Corporation?
300
This is what was created as a work project by Hoover as part of more active government involvement
What is the Hoover Dam?
300
"Tent cities" that sprang up to house the homeless in cities
What are Hoovervilles?
400
This is why the stock market crashed.
What is investors rushed to sell their shares?
400
This group was affected by repatriation.
Who are Mexicans?
400
This is what the Reconstruction Finance Corporation gave to banks and businesses, in hopes the money would "trickle down" to workers
What are loans?
400
WWI veterans who wanted to receive their money for fighting the war early (during the depression)
Who is the Bonus Army?
400
Large amounts of people receiving food from charities
What are bread lines?
500
The phase of the business cycle during the 1920s
What is "peak"?
500
The refugees from the Dustbowl
Who are Okies?
500
This is why "volunteerism" failed
What is business and citizens acted in their own best interests, and nothing "trickled down."
500
The president to succeeded Herbert Hoover
Who is Franklin Delano Roosevelt?
500
The reason the Bonus Army marched on Washington
What is Congress would not release their bonuses?